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France To Make International Push To End Digital Trade War With U.S. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2020
France says it hopes to defuse alooming trade war with the U.S. about a digital services tax, by negotiatingthe matter with the help of international bodies.
Washington believes the digitalservices tax will weigh disproportionately on U.S. technology companies.
Economy Minister, Bruno Le-Mairesaid that France would make special efforts in the next 15 days to hammer-out asolution with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD.
He added that he had alreadytelephoned his U.S. counterpart, Steven Mnuchin, about the matter.
The U.S. is weighing retaliatorysanctions on French products, like champagne and cheese, arguing that theFrench levy is designed to harm companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google.
Le-Maire hopes to meet Mnuchin onthe sidelines of the Davos Summit, scheduled for January 21-24.

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Fraud Charges: EFCC Writes AGF Over Diezani’s Extradition - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 26, 2019
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC hasinformed an Abuja High Court that it has written to the Attorney General of theFederation, AGF concerning extradition process of former Minister of PetroleumResources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United Kingdom.
The court had fixed February 25 for the arraignment ofDiezani and Jide Omokore, a former chairman, Atlantic Energy Drilling Companyover offences bordering on conspiracy and illegal act of accepting and givinggratifications.
The Court had ordered on December 4th, 2018, that the EFCCand other security agencies should ensure that Diezani be brought to court forher to face the fraud charges.
However, at the resumed hearing, prosecuting counsel, FarukAbdullahi, informed the court that the Commission has written to the AGF,seeking for the extradition of Diezani.
The trial judge, Justice Valentine Ashi adjourned the caseto May 22nd for arraignment.

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Fraud: EFCC Probes JAMB Over N8.7billion - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 21, 2019
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has launched into a probe of the cash inflow and outflow of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB between 2010 and 2016.
The anti-graft agency wants to get to the root of an alleged 8.7billion naira fraud in the board.
Fifteen suspects have already been shortlisted for trial.
Among them are some zonal heads and state coordinators. One of the suspects facing trial is a female accountant, Philomena Chise, whose sensational claim that a snake swallowed 36 million naira.
Chise later told EFCC operatives that the said 36 million naira was disbursed as an I-Owe-You advance to cash-strapped staff.
The 8.7 billion naira alleged fraud is said to have predated the present JAMB management, led by Ishaq Oloyede.
A document detailing the alleged fraud showed the large sum was revenue from sales of e-facility cards and change of course cards which ended in private pockets.

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Fraud: EFCC Probes Syndicate Fleecing Vips Over Buhari’s Cabinet - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 26, 2019
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has instituted a probe into the activities of a syndicate ripping Nigerians off under the guise of safeguarding their nomination for President Muhammadu Buhari’s next cabinet.
It learnt that the syndicate had successfully fleeced a number of Nigerians across all walks of life of millions of naira in the name of processing fees.
The anti-graft agency’s action was triggered by a petition, dated May 17th, 2019, sent by one of the victims.
The syndicate forged a letterhead and created e-mail addresses of the office of the Vice-President,  National Security Adviser as well as the State House Protocol Department for this purpose.
It targets former and serving heads of federal and state government establishments.
A petition to the EFCC by one of the victims, who is a prominent academic from one of Nigeria’s leading second generation federal universities, gave an insight into the syndicate’s mode of operation.

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Fraud: EFCC Raid Zamfara INEC Office, Recovers 4 ‘Ghana-Must- Go’ Bags - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 10, 2019
Operatives of the Economic and Financial CrimesCommission EFCC have took away four ‘Ghana-must-go’ bags suspected to containmoney from the Zamfara office of INEC.
The operatives were at the Independent NationalElectoral Commission INEC office in Gusau in continuation of its investigationover alleged non-payment of ad hoc staff who conducted the 2019 generalelection.
Eye witnesses said that the EFCC operatives arrivedthe office around noon with heavily armed personnel and ransacked the facilityfor close to two hours.
He further said that all the four bags and somedocuments were allegedly recovered from the office of the accountant.
Some INEC officials who were earlier arrested by theEFCC were brought along during the two-hour search and were afterwards takenback into custody.A petition to the EFCC by Abdullahi Nasiru, oneof the ad hoc staff, had alleged that they were shortchanged by INEC to thetune of over 80 million naira in the allowances paid to them after the generalelection when compared to what was paid ad hoc staff in other states.

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Fraud: EFCC Trains Officers On Digital Banking Operations, Investigation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
July 9, 2019
Acting Chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Ibrahim Magu has charged officers to put in
their best in curbing fraud associated with digital banking.
Magu gave the charge at the
training for officers on digital banking operations and investigation course at
EFCC Academy in Karu, Abuja.
He spoke through representative of
the Academy’s Commandant, Deputy Chief Detective Superintendent Nwanneka
Nwokike.
Programme facilitator, Suraj
Sanusi, said the training, designed to improve staff members capacity in
digital banking was as a result of a needs assessment conducted by the EFCC
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Fraud: FG Begins Interrogation Of 2 Ex-Ministers Over Alleged $2bn Atlas Mara’s Bank Shares - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
July 4, 2019
The Federal Government has beg interrogation ofthose implicated in the alleged fraud that left over 65,000 Nigerianshareholders losing to billion dollars worth of shares.
Those invited for interrogation were former ministerof Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma and his counterpart in the Ministryof Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah.
The legal representative of the whistle-blower  Chukwuemeka Obasi said  this to newsmen in Abuja.
Obasi said that the General Managing Director ofUnion Bank, Emeka Emuwa was also questioned.
According to him, the various representatives of allprivate and public institutions linked with the fraud were also invited andquizzed.
Obasi said the establishments mentioned in thepetition included the Chapel Hill, National Security Exchange, NSE, Security ExchangeCommission, SEC and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.


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Fraud: Magu Says EFCC Probe Of Saraki Not Personal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 14, 2019
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Ibrahim Magu today said the fresh probe of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki is neither personal nor a witch-hunt.
He said the investigation of Saraki is not different from other investigations being done by the anti-graft agency.
He also said he is not slowing down on the anti-graft war because corruption is a national disaster.
Magu made the clarifications in a chat with newsmen shortly after receiving an outstanding award from Euro Knowledge Forum, led by Yinka Fayomi in Abuja.
The EFCC on Saturday sealed five choice mansions allegedly traced to the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
The mansions were suspected to have been acquired with state funds while he was the governor of Kwara State between 2003 and 2011.
The assets were suspected by the EFCC not to have been declared by Saraki.


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Fraud: Police Arrest Suspected Syndicate Leader In Lagos - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 1, 2019
Thepolice have arrested a 42-year-old suspect who is alleged to be the leader of afour-man fraud syndicate in Lagos.
TheLagos State government confirmed the arrest on its Facebook page on Monday.
Accordingto it, the man identified as Osuji Chibuzor was arrested by operatives of theLagos Rapid Response Squad after his group reportedly swindled a 34-year-oldlady of the sum of N165,000.
Thegroup is said to be operating around Ikeja, Ojota, Ojodu, Berger, Ogba, CollegeRoad, and Agege areas of the state.
Thesuspect revealed that his gang members – Frank, Stella, and Emeka who are stillat large – embarked on daily trips to lure suspects, whom they would havetricked into their dollar making scam.
Headded that he was, thereafter, invited as a pastor to pray for the victim andin the process, he would request money for anointing oil, chemicals for thewashing of the money and other charges.
Inhis reaction, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Zubairu Muazu, directedhis men to continue to comb every part of the state, especially the black spotareas along the axis for the arrest of other gang members as soon as possible.

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Fraud Trial: UK Court Orders P&ID To Make Interim Payment Of £1.5M To Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 01
September 11, 2020
The Federal Republic of Nigeria Thursday appeared in the English High Court for a scheduled hearing.
The hearing followed the major victory secured last Friday, allowing it to bring a fraud challenge against a $10 billion arbitration award obtained by P&ID well outside the normal time limits.
In a statement on Thursday, a spokesperson of Attorney General of the Federation said Nigeria will now proceed to a full fraud trial.
The hearing Thursday was held to decide procedural and costs issues relating to the FRN’s applications to challenge the arbitration award and to determine the short term directions to trial.
The sitting Judge of the High Court, Cranston J ordered P&ID to make an interim payment of more than £1.5 million within 21 days to cover legal costs incurred as part of their successful application for the extension of time to challenge the arbitration award and procedural hearing earlier in the year.
A case management conference to determine the full trial window is scheduled to take place after November 2020.

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Fraud: US Names 80 Nigerians In Investigation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
August 23, 2019
The US authorities have charged 80 people, most of whom are Nigerian nationals”, with participating in a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars, prosecutors say.
Read This: Nigeria Demands In-Depth Investigation Of Ndubuisi’s Death
Theyare accused of using business email fraud schemes and romance scams to con victims– many of them elderly.
Policehave so far arrested 14 suspects across the US, 11 in Los Angeles alone.
Theauthorities say it is one of the “largest cases of its kind in US history.
TheFBI investigation is a major step to disrupt criminal networks, US AttorneyNick Hanna said.
TheFBI started investigating the case in 2016 in a single bank account but itlater extended to cover multiple victims in the US and around the world.
Allthe 80 defendants have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracyto launder money, and aggravated identity theft, the US Attorney’s Office inthe Central District of California said in a press release.

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Free, Credible Elections Indispensable To Peace, Stability In W/Africa – Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
July 27, 2022
The President’s media aide, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said Buhari made the call in a goodwill message to the Government and people of Liberia as he joined other world leaders on the occasion of the 175th Independence Anniversary of the West African nation.
According to the President, this is the only way the sub-region can be insulated from the scourge of unconstitutional take overs that reared its head in three countries recently.
Buhari commended his Liberian counterpart, George Weah, for his demonstration of love for the country and the pursuance of Peace, Unity and Progress, as evidenced by people-oriented projects executed with the sole purpose of taking the country to greater heights within the limited resources available.


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Free Medical: Kaduna NUJ Hails Hospitals, Others As Journalists Gets Free Treatment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 9, 2019
The Nigerian Union of Journalists,NUJ, New Nigerian Newspapers Chapel under Kaduna State Council has hailedManagement and staff of several hospitals and other organizations over the freemedical treatment given to the Chapel and other members of NUJ Kaduna StateCouncil.
A Statement jointly signed by theChairman NUJ-NNN Chapel Comrade Nicholas Dekera and Secretary Ibrahim Adamusays the event held at NUJ Kaduna premises offered free medical checkup andtreatment to hundreds of Kaduna Journalists.
The statement specifically thankedNational Eye Centre Kaduna, National Ear Care Center, Federal Neuro-psychiatricHospital Kaduna, Harmony Hospital and Kaduna State University Teaching HospitalBaraudiko among others.IT also commended the NUJ Chairman Kaduna StateCouncil Adamu Yusuf for his role of always giving protection to New NigerianChapel and other chapels, stressing that such demonstration of love and solidarityis panacea for effective and objective media practice.

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Free Movement As FG Removes Barriers On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
December 13, 2022
Federal Government also removed crash barriers and other diversion points for the free flow of traffic on the Opic u-turn section of the highway.
Director of Federal Highways, South West, Adedamola Kuti who supervised the reopening said the government promised to re-open the highway to traffic on Thursday but brought it forward to ease gridlock.
Meanwhile, another tanker laden with fuel exploded on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the explosion occurred at Araromi Town before the Interchange and is causing traffic gridlock.
According to the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC Ogun Sector Command, efforts are on to bring the situation under control, while advising motorists to make use of alternative routes to avoid unnecessary delays.

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Free Trade Area: Association Advises FG To Resist Making Nigeria Dumping Ground - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 13, 2021
It also advocated for the support of all stakeholders towards repositioning the nation’s economy.
The Association’s Chairman, Frederick Idehai, gave the advice in a statement to officially unveil activities ahead of its 2021 Annual Conference, scheduled for Abuja on October 15, with the theme: “The role of Nigeria’s MSMEs, export, commodities, trade and investment in stabilising post-COVID-19 economy: Issues and Challenges”.
He also urged Nigeria to take full advantage of Free Trade Area implementation to ensure growth and national economic development.
Idehai however stressed the need for Nigeria to quickly diversify her economy, through exports and promotion of local agricultural commodities, among other quality policies and initiatives.
The Chairman, who expressed concern over difficulties experienced by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) due to COVID-19 pandemic, lauded various Federal Government interventions, especially the MSME’s Survival Fund established to cushion the devastating effects of the pandemic.

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Free Trade Area: Pantami Calls On Nigerians To Embrace New Technologies, Leverage On Opportunities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
November 8, 2019
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy IsaPantami has called on Nigerians to transform their businesses by embracing newtechnologies and leveraging on opportunities offered by African ContinentalFree Trade Area, AfCFTA.
Pantami made the call at the 3rd edition of annualStakeholders Local Content Roundtable Technology Fair  in Abuja.
The programme, sponsored by FinTrak Software is tagged:“Patronage of Nigerian Software in the Context of AFCFTA and the Local ContentPolicy.”
The Minister, who was represented by a Director in theministry, Tope Fashademi also urged Nigerians to embrace and implement theprovisions of the Nigeria Local Content Policy of the Federal Government in allMDAs and Private sectors of the economy.
Pantami reiterated that the Ministry instituted the LocalContent in ICT Policy by developing and launching the guidelines for NigeriaContent Development, ICD in ICT on December 2013.

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Free Trade: Buhari Receives Report On AFCFTA, Explains Why Nigeria Won’t Rush To Sign - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
June 28, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari received the report on the impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area AfCFTA and Nigeria’s readiness for it.
The African Union Heads of States had on March 21st, 2018 adopted the Phase one Agreement on AfCFTA at its 10th Extraordinary Summit in Kigali, Rwanda.
President Buhari, however, observed the AfCFTA will have both positive and negative effects on Nigeria as a nation and the West African sub-region.
The president maintained that for AfCFTA to succeed, African nations must develop policies that promote African production, among other benefits.
Speaking while submitting the report, the chairman of the presidential committee, Desmond Guobadia said that the Committee reviewed over 200 submissions from various stakeholders across the country including farmers, bankers, manufacturers, government agencies and development partners.


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Freedom Of Expression: UN Office Urges Sudan Govt. To Stop Targeting Journalists, Protesters - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
January 19, 2022
The UN Rights Office said the clampdown on freedom of opinion and expression appeared to be increasing through arrests of journalists, home and office raids and searches, ill treatment of journalists and suspension of licences.
Spokesperson for the office Ravina Shamdasani at a news conference in Geneva advised the Sudanese authorities to stop targeting journalists, to ensure that the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are fully respected.
She stressed that authorities should ensure that peaceful protests were facilitated rather than met with unnecessary and disproportionate force.
The Spokesperson also listed several recent incidents targeting the press, noting that this past Saturday, the authorities revoked the broadcasting licence of Aljazeera Live, the Arabic-language news and events channel that is part of the Aljazeera Media Network.

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Freedom Of Information: NCC, NUJ, AI, Civil Groups Reject Social Media Bill - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
March 10, 2020
The Social Media Bill suffered a setback in the Senate.
Some stakeholders, mainly civilsociety and non-governmental organisations, NGOs; the Nigeria Union ofJournalists, NUJ and Amnesty International, AI at a public hearing, rejectedthe Bill and asked the Senate to drop it in the interest of freedom ofinformation.
The proposed bill sponsored bySenator Mohammed Sani Musa is titled: “A Bill for an Act to make provisions forthe protection from internet falsehood and manipulations and for relatedmatters, 2019.
According to Musa, the law, amongothers, seeks to prevent the transmission of false statements in Nigeria.
It also recommends that any oneguilty should be liable to a fine of 300 thousand naira   or threeyears imprisonment, or both for individuals; a fine not exceeding 10 millionnaira for corporate organisations and same punishment  for fake onlineaccounts that transmit false statements.
The President of the Senate AhmadLawan described the public hearing as vital because the bill has generated alot of passion. He also noted that the desire was not unexpected because theproposed law relates to the Internet and others.


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Fresh CVR Registration Hits 10.4m: INEC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
July 27, 2022
INEC in its weekly update also said that 11million registrants have completed their registration.
According to the update, over 3 Million of the registrants did online registration, while 7.6 Million registrants did physical registration.
INEC also said that it has received over 28 Million applications including applications for voter transfer, requests for replacement of Permanent Voter Cards, update of voter information record among others.


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Fresh Fighting Displaces 40,000 In South Sudan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
December 12, 2022
UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in its latest update, the said threats of violence continue to hamper humanitarian response in the State.
It also added that the displaced people were living in dire conditions and required urgent life-saving assistance.
Last week, ceasefire monitors said they would send a team to investigate the ongoing deadly clashes in the State.
Fighting has been reported in the State since mid-November, involving the National Army and the Maiwut opposition forces.
There are also reports of renewed hostilities in the Fashoda area between different ethnic rival groups.
A prominent civil society group, the ‘Community for Progress Organisation’, CEPO, confirmed that it received credible reports from civilians about armed youths amassing troops in the State over the weekend.

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Fresh Violence: Bauchi Government Imposes Curfew On Communities As 3 Die - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
May 11, 2019
Governor Muhammed Abubakar of Bauchi state has imposed curfew onGudum Fulani, Gudum Hausawa, Gudum Sayawa and Bigi communities in Bauchi localgovernment, following unrest in some communities that claimed three lives.
It was reported that some youths in Gudum area of Bauchi localgovernment had misunderstanding among themselves, which escalated into clashesbetween youths from Gudum Sayawa and Gudum Hausawa communities.
The situation further escalated in two other communities afterthe Friday Prayers, where reprisal and counter reprisal attacks have led to thedeath of 3 persons.According to a statement bythe Secretary to the State Government, Muhammad Umar, the Governor said thecurfew was necessary to calm tensions in the affected areas.


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Friendly: Eagles In First Training Session Against Brazil Today - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 10, 2019
The Super Eagles will expectedly begin trainingtoday ahead of the October 13th, prestige International friendly against Brazilfollowing the arrival of all the invited 22 players with the exception of England-basedOluwasemilogo Ajayi.
Sport enthusiasts gathered that the West Bromdefender was eagerly being awaited along with the delegation that departedAbuja after late issuance of their entry visas to Singapore.
NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajireinformed in a release that the Super Eagles’ technical staff led by Germancoach Gernot Rohr has settled down at the team’s Singapore Hotel with focus onthe D-Day against the Selecao on Sunday.Pachon further said that the Super Eagles willhave their first training session today with some recovery programme in themorning and light training session in the evening.


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Friendly Match: FALCONS Thump Slovenian Champions 3-0 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 3, 2019
The Nigeria’s Super Falcons beat Slovenian 3-0 in a friendly encounter as they rounded off their preparations for the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.
Barcelona Ladies’ striker Asisat Oshoala grabbed a brace with substitute Uchenna Kanu netting the other goal.
Super Falcons Head Coach Thomas Dennerby started that the game with a strong line-up with the likes of Oshoala, Francisca Ordega, Rita Chikwelu, Halimatu Ayinde, Desire Oparanozie and Onome Ebi among the starters.
Young goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie who impressed in the WAFU Women’s Cup in Ivory Coast last month, was also handed a starting shirt ahead of regular first choice Tochukwu Oluehi.
Oshoala opened score for the African champions in the 18th minute. The Barcelona forward added the second eight minutes later as the Falcons made their dominance count. The Nigerians pressed for more goals after the break, but the Slovenians were resolute at the back.


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Friendly Match: Zimbabwe’s Warriors Arrives Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 6, 2019
Atwenty six-man delegation of Zimbabwean senior national male football team,known as the Warriors are expected to arrive Nigeria today Thursday.
TheNigeria Football Federation, NFF, Director of Communications, Ademola Olajiresaid in a statement that the team is being expected in Lagos.
Hesaid the team which would later be heading to Asaba was being expected ahead ofSaturday’s pre-AFCON international friendly with the Super Eagles.
TheZimbabwean will campaign in the 32 Africa Cup of Nations,AFCON finals taking place in Egypt from June 21 to July 19.
Theywill play alongside host nation Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ugandain Group-A.
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Sports: South Korea Coach Bento Confirms Son Will Be In World Cup Squad - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
November 10, 2022
The Tottenham forward had successful surgery to repair an eye socket fracture suffered in the 2-1 Champions League win over Marseille nine days ago.
Son wrote on his Instagram page Wednesday that playing in the World Cup was his childhood dream and that he “can’t wait to represent our beautiful country”.
Bento dismissed concerns about Son missing the World Cup, with South Korea’s first Group H game against Uruguay on November 24 just two weeks away.
But he said Son should be given enough time to recover as well as possible.
Bento said it was understandable that Son, who also played in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, would be eager to get back in action as soon as possible.

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FRSC Advises Against Fatigue, Faulty Vehicles - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 18, 2021
Assistant Corps Commander, Apapa Command, Sikiru Aduloju, gave the advice during a sensitisation talk at The Redeemed Evangelical Mission TREM, Festac Town, Lagos.
He said fatigue could lead to accidents because when drivers are tired, they could take poor decisions.
He further advised drivers to avoid other factors that could cause accidents such as discussing sensitive topics while driving, either through phone calls or with a passenger.
Aduloju cautioned against what he referred to as Road Accident Immunity Deception Syndrome RAIDS.
According to him, RAIDS is a situation where drivers know their vehicles are faulty but insist on driving it because they have prayed.
He urged the public to drive with caution, particularly in the “ember” months, which he said was a period with lots of activities and movements.

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FRSC Arrests Unlicensed Motorcyclists - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 17, 2019
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Pankshin Unit Command on Wednesday has warned that it will clamp down on any unregistered motorcycles and unlicensed riders, especially commercial motorcycle riders popularly called Okada riders in the area.
Assistant Corps Commander Nnamdi Ikeh-Akabogu, the Pankshin Unit Commander, gave the warning in his office while fielding questions from journalists.
Related News: No Need To Visit Any Drivers Licence Centre, Use Bypass Capture – FRSC
He saidthat the command had resolved to impound any okada operating in the hinterlandunregistered and also without diver’s licence.
He saidthat it would be better for such culprits to keep off the Roads in hiscommand/jurisdiction.
Accordingto him, the Corps new rules were for the operators’ advantage especially inunforeseen circumstances like theft.
He saidthat it was usually very difficult to trace unregistered bikes when they arereported stolen, describing it as “very unfortunate and pitiful” a situationwhere a claimant could become the thief if his stolen bike was eventuallyregistered by the other person who stole it.


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FRSC: Buhari Appoints Acting Corps Marshal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
July 25, 2022
The Former Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Oyeyemi, said this while handing over at the FRSC headquarters on Monday in Abuja.
This was contained in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, on Monday, in Abuja.
Oyeyemi said President Buhari appointed Biu as the acting Corp Marshall with effect from July 24, wishing him a successful tenure as he assumed office.
He joined the FRSC precisely in 1988 and had had a fruitful career working across several formations.
He holds a Masters’ Degree in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University and was the Assistant Corps Marshal, Finance and Accounts in 2014 before becoming the DCM in 2016.

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FRSC Embarks On Media Campaign Against Road Crashes In Adamawa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 11, 2022
The Corps Sector Commander Yelwa Dio, made this known to Newsmen in Yola.
He said the command had set in a machinery for enlightening the general public, especially road users on existing traffic rules and regulations that would guarantee free traffic flow to avoid road crashes.
Dio said the campaign would be done across motor parks and other relevant public places, sensitising people to the precautionary measures against road crashes.
According to him, hundreds of FRSC personnel had been deployed to strategic points across the 21 local government areas to control traffic congestion while calling for cooperation and understanding of the general public.

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FRSC FCT Command Deploys Radar Guns, Intensifies Campaign Against Speeding - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 5, 2021
The sector commander, Samuel Ochi, told the News men today in Abuja that over speeding was the leading cause of road traffic crashes nationwide.
Ochi said that Gwagwalada was a critical point identified by the Corps in the FCT for over speeding, noting that radar gun had been going round the environment.
According to him, over speeding, not only in the FCT, but nationwide is the leading factor for Road Traffic Crashes (RTC).
Ochi said that enforcement would reach its peak during the ember months, saying that the Corps is also drawing the attention of offenders on the highway. This, he said, would continue till the end of November.
The FRSC boss said that the Corps would be collaborating with the judiciary if possible to have a mobile court in the FCT.
He added that the Corps would be establishing a move called “help areas” which would run 24 hours, adding that the Corps had some other skeletal medical facilities on ground.
“Operation Zero Tolerance” is always between December and January to check gridlocks and traffic issues before, during and after the Christmas and New Year Celebrations.

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FRSC Hands Over N340, 495 To Relatives Of Crash Victims In Jigawa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 23, 2021
The Sector Commander in the state, Ahmed Mohammed, announced this in a statement in Dutse today.
He urged travelers to always patronise designated motor parks and fleet operators for easy identification, in case of accidents or other emergencies.
The sector commander also advised people to avoid night journeys, which he described as dangerous.
According to him, the FRSC discourages night journeys because they are associated with security risks including accidents.

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FRSC Lauds FG Over 80 Per Cent Completion Of Expressways In Ogun - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 14, 2021
The FRSC, Ogun Sector Commander, Ahmed Umar, made the commendation in an interview in Ota, Ogun state.
Umar said that most of the expressways within the corridor of the state were now at a level of over 80 per cent completion and motorists were now enjoying motoring on the roads.
The sector commander implored motorists, especially during this festive season, against speeding to avoid road crashes.
Umar said that most of the crashes across the state could be attributed to speeding, impatience or human factor and abuse of traffic rules and regulations.

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FRSC Launches ‘Ember Months’ Campaign In Kuje, Tasks Motorists On Safety - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 22, 2021
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Sector Commander, Samuel Ochi, while launching the campaign in Kuje urged motorists to always maintain safe speed and obey traffic rules and regulations.
The sector commander enjoined motorists and other road users to maintain safe speed avoid night travels and enjoy quality road experience by not overtaking unnecessarily.
He applauded FRSC, Kuje Unit Command for taking a proactive step through the advocacy which would go a long way in reducing road accidents in the area.
The FRSC Kuje Unit commander, Eugene Nwabuike on his part appealed to the general public particularly the transport unions to cooperate with the Command for the benefit of all road users in Kuje.

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FRSC Partners Nigeria Police On Traffic Control, Security In Enugu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 27, 2021
The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Enugu State Command, Joseph Udoabba made the call while receiving the new Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Lawal Abubakar, who paid him a familiarisation visit in Enugu.
Udoabba noted that the partnership and collaboration became necessary due to the overlapping function of the corps and the police.
According to him, the both commands needed to work together as partners, saying “No single organization or security agency can provide adequate security all alone.”
The sector commander specifically mentioned the issue of traffic control as well as using the National Vehicle Identification Scheme, domicile in the corps, to check vehicle theft in the state.
Earlier, Abubakar said that the command wanted to reach out and see how best it will work with the FRSC command to ensure free flow of traffic within all roads in the state.


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FRSC Records 756 Road Accidents In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 14, 2022
the state FRSC Sector Commander, Hafiz Mohammed, said that 1,170 vehicles were involved in the accidents.
Mohammed said that 6,145 persons were involved in the road traffic crashes in the period under review out of which 2,680 sustained various degrees of injuries.
He, however, said that in 2020, 742 road traffic accidents were recorded, involving 1,005 vehicles and 5,633 persons.
The sector commander said 2,578 persons sustained injuries in the accidents in 2020.
He said the decrease in road accident in 2020 followed restriction of movement due to COVID-19 outbreak.
Mohammed said the command was committed to enforcing traffic rules and regulations to ensure hitch-free vehicular movements in the state.


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FRSC Refers 7,000 Traffic Offenders For Evaluation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 23, 2019
Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC has said that over7,000 traffic offenders have gone through psychological, emotional evaluationtest since 2017.
The FRSC FCT Sector Command, Corps Commander WobinGwora, said this in Abuja.
According to him, those who tested positive weregiven another fine and advised to stay away from alcohol and drugs.
He said that traffic offence taken seriously in FCTincluded making calls while driving, driving on one way and carrying overload.

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FRSC Says 60% Of Road Crashes Occurred At Night - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2019
The FederalRoad Safety Commission, FRSC has called for collaboration with the NationalUnion of Road Transport Workers, NURTW to address the issue of night driving.
The FRSCCorps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi stated this at the occasion of the 9thquadrennial delegate conference of the NURTW in Abuja.
He advisedthe union to collaborate with the FRSC by participating in a trainingprogramme, as most drivers who drive at night do not see clearly and that iswhy most the crashes are fatal at night, adding that sixty per cent of road crashesmostly occurred at night.
Oyeyemiurged the union to also network with the Corps on the need to organize atraining programme for their drivers.  Heurged the union to ensure motorists embrace the speed limiter device.
On his part,the Union’s outgoing National President, Najeem Yasin said since the inceptionof the union forty one years ago, it has never had a peaceful transition like thepresent one.


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FRSC Seeks Synergy With Transport Stakeholders To Reduce Road Crashes - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 7, 2024
The FRSC engages stakeholders in Sokoto to reduce overloading of animals, goods and passengers in trucks and other vehicles towards curbing accidents.
Speaking at a sensitisation held at Sokoto Central Garage, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Abdullahi Maikano, said the exercise was part of Corps Marshal’s initiative across the nation.
Maikano said the effort was to mitigate road crashes, fatalities and fire outbreaks by trailers conveying human beings and animals.
He explained that the engagement was aimed at educating drivers, owners of trailers and trucks as well as traders on the need to be safety conscious at all times.


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FRSC To Confiscate Vehicles With Tampered Speed Limiting Device - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 6, 2020
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has cautioned transportoperators against altering with the calibrated speed limiting devices in theirvehicles for economic benefits or other purposes.
The Corps warned them to either desist from such act or riskimpoundment of their vehicles and subsequent compulsory re-installation andcalibration of such speed limiters.
FRSC Spokesperson Bisi Kazeem, in a statement quoted theCorps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, as issuing a direct instruction to the zonalcommanding officers, sector commanders and unit commanders across the country.
He also directed that any vehicle held in the act beimpounded and the driver be prosecuted.

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FRSC Trains Community Responders To Curb Traffic Crashes In FCT - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2023
Sector Commander, FRSC, FCT Command, Oga Ochi, disclosed this in an interview today in Abuja.
Ochi, said that the corps was engaging first aiders within the communities especially at flash points in the territory to help avert road crashes.
He added that the initiative had become necessary in view of two ugly cases on Yangoji-Gwagwalada Road and Kwali-Abaji Road that skyrocketed the number of deaths from road crashes in FCT in 2022.
Ochi noted that 19 and 17 people died respectively from the two crashes, adding that it spurred the idea of getting the communities involved.
Report says that 19 persons were killed while eight others were injured in a Sunday auto crash on the Yangoji-Gwagwalada road in September.
Also, 17 persons were killed with four others sustaining varying degrees of injuries in a crash in Awawa on Kwali-Abaji Road in November 2022.
Ochi said that the community volunteers would be equipped after the training with Closed User Groups, Sim-card that would help them get back to the corps in time.

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FRSC Will Aggressively Enforce Traffic Regulations In Kaduna — Commander - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 19, 2021
The Sector Commander, Hafiz Mohammed, made the pledge a media briefing as part of the activities to commemorate the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Crash Victims.
Mohammed called on the public to pay special attention to their personal safety while driving.
According to him, the briefing is to formally flag off the weeklong activities to mark the day.
He noted that the day was first marked in 1993 by a UK-based road charity group by the name Road Peace.
It was meant to promote issues of road safety and impact of road accidents on people nationally and internationally. The activities this year will highlight issues of road safety, loss of precious lives and economic losses as a result of road accidents

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Fuel Consumption: NEITI Sets To Probe Controversial 66.8million Litres Daily figures. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 22, 2023
The Executive Secretary, NEITI, Ogbonnaya Orji, disclosed this in Abuja while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Stakeholders Validation Workshop on the 2022 Annual Progress Report for Nigeria’s Extractive Industries.
He said the purported daily fuel consumption may be less than presented.
Nigeria’s daily fuel consumption had been controversial.
However, in September last year, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority insisted that the country consumes 66.8 million litres of petrol daily.
Recall that upon the emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he declared the removal of fuel subsidy removal.
The announcement led to an upward adjustment of petrol pump prices from N195 per litre to over N577 per litre.


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Fuel Crisis: Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Could Be Adversely Affected, Says Statistician-General - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 15, 2022
He said this on Tuesday in Abuja, at a media conference to announce the
January 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Harry said that the fuel crisis would create an artificial shock in the
economy and that the shock was capable of shaking the economy.
He added that because the economy was strongly being driven by the
private sector, the shock may affect a good number of private businesses
as they may not be able to run effectively as expected.
He, however, said that the February inflation rate could not be predicted
based on the present fuel crisis as the numbers were still being collected.

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Fuel: FG Has No Plan To Remove Subsidy – Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 17, 2019
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Silva has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government has no immediate plan to remove fuel subsidy.
The Minister made this known while fielding questions from legislators at a joint session of National Assembly Committees overseeing the oil sector.
Silver said that the official daily consumption rate of petrol in Nigeria does not reflect the actual consumption rate. He maintained that government does not believe that Nigerians consume over 60 million litres of fuel daily.
Read this: Equalisation Fund Arrears: Fuel Scarcity Looms As IPMAN Threatens Private Depot Owners
According to the Minister, there is lot of smugglingand lots of our neighbours are taking advantage of the cheaper price inNigeria.
He said that Nigeria was subsidising for almost half of Africa which was verydifficult to manage.
He added that government was working to close up suchleakages and when achieved, the cost of subsidy would be bearable. He said thatfixing the refineries would also help to reduce the cost of subsidy and thatgovernment was doing lots to get the refineries working again

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Fuel: Finance Minister Denied Report On Subsidy Removal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 18, 2019
The Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed has refuted media reports that the Federal Government had agreed with the International Monetary Fund’s, IMF advice on the removal of fuel subsidy.
The Minister stated this when she fielded questions from State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council which was chaired by President Buhari in Abuja.
She said that the government could only remove subsidy on fuel after having enough buffers to cushion the negative effects of the removal on ordinary citizens.
The Minister maintained that even though the government periodically discussed the issue of subsidy under the Economic Management Team, it never contemplated removing the subsidy.


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Fuel: Finance Minister Says FG Thinking Gradual Removal Of Subsidy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 12, 2019
The Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed says theFederal Government is looking into ways for gradual removal of fuel subsidy aspart of strategy to boost revenue.
Ahmed said this on the sideline of the IMF/WorldBank meetings currently taking place in Washington DC, United States ofAmerica. He made the known while reacting to the IMF’s advice to Nigeria andother countries who still subsidise fossil fuel to stop doing so.
According to the IMF, fuel subsidy removal wouldhelp boost revenue and improve government’s spending to build more hospitals,roads, schools, and to support education and health for the people.
The minister said that since the IMF/World Bankmeetings started, she has had high-level meetings on taxation and discussionson global economy.


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Fuel Importation: DAPPMAN Says Less Than 30% Of Depots Operating - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 25, 2020
The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria says most fuel depot operators have been forced out of business as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC begun the sole merchant of imported fuel in recent years.
DAPPMAN Chairman and Managing Director of Northwest Petroleum and Gas Company Limited, Winifred Akpani noted that about 30 per cent of the operators were still in business.
Akpani, who spoke during the Nigeria Petroleum Downstream Consultative Summit held online, said most of them are in one problem or the other with banks and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria.
She noted that in the past few years, there were a lot of investments in depot construction across the country because opportunities presented themselves for people to make such investment.
According to Akpani, on the average, a depot costs between 3 billion naira to 5 billion naira, adding that some operators who were able to make subsequent investments into retail, haulage, marine vessels and pipelines, among others, had been able to continue to operate.


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Fuel Imports: $1.04bn Spent By Nigeria In 2021 - CBN - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 24, 2022
As the country’s refineries continue to sit idle, fuel imports remain a
major user of foreign exchange, even as many businesses still lament the
inability to access forex at the official rate.
The nation’s forex reserves have been on a downward trend in recent
months, falling to a low of $39.77bn on February 15, 2022 from
$40.54bn at the end of last year.
The CBN’s data on sectoral utilisation for transactions valid for forex
revealed that $45.76m was utilised in January 2021 for fuel imports;
$64.67m in February, and $142.31m in March.
Forex for fuel import transactions fell to $77.96m in April and $85.64m
in May but rose to $86.42m in June.
The country utilised $83.73m in July and $103.70m in August for
petroleum products importation.
The apex bank said $66.66m was used for fuel imports in September,
$74.01m in October, $82.65m in November and $131.25m in December.

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Fuel: Minister For Petroleum Says FG Has No Plan To Remove Subsidy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 18, 2019
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Silva assured Nigerians that the Federal Government has no immediate plan to remove fuel subsidy.
The Minister made this known while fielding questions from legislators at a joint session of National Assembly Committees overseeing the oil sector.
Silver said that the official daily consumption rate of petrol in Nigeria does not reflect the actual consumption rate. He maintained that government does not believe that Nigerians consume over 60 million litres of fuel daily.
According to the Minister, there is lot of smuggling and lots of our neighbours are taking advantage of the cheaper price in Nigeria.
He said that Nigeria was subsidising for almost half of Africa which was very difficult to manage.
He explained that government was working to close up such leakages and when achieved, the cost of subsidy would be bearable. He said that fixing the refineries would also help to reduce the cost of subsidy and that government was doing lots to get the refineries working again.

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Fuel: NNPC Says Rumour Of Scarcity Not True - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 13, 2019
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC says trending social media report of an impending fuel scarcity due to purported refusal by some oil marketers to lift products from depots was false.
The NNPC in a statement by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu appealed to Nigerians to disregard the rumour.
He explained that the tale was fabricated by mischief makers with intent to create undue panic in the prevailing sanity in the fuel supply and distribution matrix across the country.
He said that the NNPC has over one billion litres of petrol in stock while Imports of 48 vessels of fifty million litres each have been committed for the month of April 2019 alone. He noted that there was no need for panic buying or hoarding of petroleum products in anticipation of a phantom scarcity.
Ughamadu reiterated that the pump price of petrol remained one hundred and forty five naira per litre.


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Fuel: NUPENG, PENGASSAN Urge FG To Shun Advice On Subsidy Removal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 15, 2019
Workers in the oil and gas sector have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to shun any counsel that would destabilize or cause chaos in the economy.
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association, PENGASSAN gave the advice in a statement in Lagos.
The statement was co-signed by the association’s General Secretaries of the two bodies; Okugbawa Lumumba and Afolabi Olawale.
The Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, IMF Christine Lagarde had on April  12th called on the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy because of low revenue mobilisation that existed  in terms of tax to Gross Domestic Product.
They said that the IMF advice on how to recover Nigerian economy was worrisome as it had become counterproductive.
The unions said that IMF had created panic in the country with associated hoarding of petroleum products, panic buying, skyrocketed increases in prices of goods and services in the country.


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FUEL: PDP, Labour, Others Reject New Price As Marketers Sell At N143.80 Per Litre - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
July 3, 2020
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has joined the nation’s Labour movement and other stakeholders to criticize the Federal Government over Wednesday’s increase in petrol pump price.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary,Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement described the raise as punishment on Nigerians given the prevailing economic situation in the country.
The statement also noted that the increase despite the decline price of crude oil in the international market is unjustifiable and exposes the insincerity of the Federal Government.
The party also challenges the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government to present to Citizens, the indices and parameters it used to determine the price increase, which obviously cannot be in tandem with the prevalent situation in the global industry.
On its part, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG at separate events to protest the hike both noted that they received news of the increase with shock and promised to resist a policy they said is inhuman.
Their reaction came as marketers began implementation of the new pump price less than 24-hours after the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA announced a new price regime of 140.80-143.80 naira for the month of July in line with its monthly price band.

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Fuel Price Hike: Assocation Assures Labour Will Protest - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 21, 2022
National President of the Union Haruna Ibrahim made this known during SSANU’s 41st Regular National Executive Council, NEC meeting hosted by Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife Branch, Osun state. He added that the economic downturn was taking its toll on citizens as prices of goods were skyrocketing beyond control.
Ibrahim also explained that the organised labour would soon come out with a position on the planned increase in fuel price across the country, noting that 40 per cent of the agreements association signed with Federal Government was not implemented.
The Union’s President however applauded the Vice-Chancellor of the University Eyitope Ogunbodede for maintaining peaceful coexistence with staff and students of the institution.
In his remark, the Vice-Chancellor appreciated SSANU for chosen OAU for its 41st Regular NEC meeting. He noted that said that OAU and the association had been playing pivotal roles in the smooth running affairs of the university, saying that there are no outstanding issue to settle with the union.

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Fuel Price Increase Rumour Untrue, No Intention Of Inflicting Hardship On Nigerians - Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 12, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has no intention of inflicting additional hardship on Nigerians.
He declared that there are no plansto increase fuel price and also restated his promise of ridding the nation ofcorruption and the oil and gas sector of corruption.
The President said this when he met with newly elected officers of the Trade Union Congress,TUC in his office, in Abuja. The TUC delegation was led by the National President, Quadri Olaleye.
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President Buhari disclosed this whenhe responded to a request by the group not to increase the price of fuel andpromised to sustain the momentum in his second tenure and lift millions ofNigerians out of poverty.
He added that the key agenda of theinaugural Federal executive council meeting focused on the medium-term expenditureframework which includes the minimum wage as he re-echoed a commitment toimplement the new national minimum wage.

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Fuel Pump Price May Drop In June, NNPC To Cut Depot Price - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 21, 2020
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) took the latest decision of marking down the ex-depot price of petrol in a bid to keep it competitive after the state-owned firm lost the monopoly of fuel importation and other oil firms were handed licenses to begin to bring in imports, industry operators said Wednesday.
The NNPC held a vast stockpile of petrol prior to taking the business decision, reports said, prompting it to slash its ex-depot price as a way of remaining competitive after the policy shift took effect.
till the liberalisation of the downstream sector teed off in March, the corporation had remained the only importer of petrol in the country.
The Oil marketers as well as officials of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) stated in Abuja that the understanding that the petrol’s cost might crash when other marketers start to bring imported fuel into the market led NNPC to slash the ex-depot price.
Also the lowered price has not affected the pump price, they said the cost of fuel at the filling stations may fall further in June.


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Fuel Queues: FG Appeals, As Oil Marketers Down Tools - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
February 20, 2024
Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, made this known in Abuja, when he met with some of the oil stakeholders in the downstream sector.
The stakeholders include members of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners NARTO, Petroleum Tankers Drivers PTD, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria IPMAN and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers NUPENG.
The meeting became necessary in view of fuel queues which returned to various fuel stations.
This development is as a result of the suspension of operations by NARTO, in fulfillment of their threat to suspend lifting of petroleum products nationwide and down tools from Monday due to high cost of operations and maintenance.

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Fuel Scarcity: Again, Queues Reappear As SSS 48-Hour Ultimatum - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
December 13, 2022
It will be recalled that the DSS had announced that it will launch a manhunt should the fuel scarcity which had ravaged cities across Nigeria since the beginning of 2022 continues.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja, the spokesperson for the SSS, Peter Afunanya, issued an ultimatum calling on the fuel station managers to ensure an easy selling and buying of Premium Motor Spirit PMS.
However while the queues disappeared from the fuel station by the weekend two days after the SSS ultimatum, the queues lines has reappeared.

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Fuel Scarcity: Economic Activities Grounded In Abuja As Oil Marketers Issue Serious Warning - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 11, 2022
The development has crippled some economic activities in FCT and other affected States as motorists, business owners lament difficulties in procuring the product.
This is coming as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, warned Nigerians to prepare for possible worst scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit, PMS.
IPMAN chairman in Kano State, Bashir Danmalam had in a statement on Monday, said the scarcity can only be averted if the Federal Government prevailed on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, to pay N500 billion bridging claims by its members.


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Fuel Scarcity: Fed Govt Should Consider Phased Deregulation Petrol Scarcity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 13, 2022
According to them the current situation of oil subsidy is no longer sustainable and called for dialogue on its implementation to save the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.
Chairman, MOMAN, Oluwole Adeosun, made the call at a web-training for energy journalists in Lagos.
Adeosun said that the development was necessary to cushion the effects of the impact of the sharp rise in fuel prices on the hardworking citizens of Nigeria.
He stated that his members eschew cutting corners in the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country.


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Fuel Scarcity: IPMAN Set Up Task Force To Check Hoarding — Official - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
November 9, 2021
Kano Zone IPMAN Chairman Bashir Danmallam, who made the announcement in a statement, said the task force would work in partnership with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC to ensure availability of fuel at filling stations across the country.
He also noted that any marketer found hoarding products would be dealt with, assuring that the association will not allow some unscrupulous elements within its fold to inflict hardship on innocent Nigerians.
Danmallam added that available records showed that 210 petroleum tankers were loaded with the products for distribution nationwide on Monday.
He also called on Nigerians not to panic, adding that products being supplied would be more than enough for their use, noting that the government had assured them that there was no plan to hike fuel price.
The chairman said the association had contacted all stakeholders in the petroleum sector and they assured them that there is no plan to increase the price of fuel at the moment.

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Fuel Scarcity: Marketers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid N50bn Bridging Entitlements - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
December 20, 2021
They also expressed concerns that failure to settle their claims might lead to scarcity of fuel in the North as the majority of its members have run out of capital, and as a result could not buy and transport fuel to the region.
Chairman of the Forum Musa Maikifi made their position known in a statement after a meeting with members from the nine depots across the Northern states in Kano. He explained that for the past nine months they had made unsuccessful efforts to get their money paid.
Maikifi stated that they formed the Northern Forum to speak with one voice, adding that the leadership crisis rocking the IPMAN.
On his part, the Forum’s Secretary Zarma Mustapha said the bridging claims were supposed to have been paid within two weeks but for months now they were not settled. He added that over 3000 marketers from the north were involved.

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Fuel Scarcity: Minister Pushes To Overcome Supply Disruption - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
March 4, 2022
The minister made this known to newsmen in Abuja after a meeting with some key leaders in the petroleum industry.
Sylva spoke shortly after meeting with Group Managing Director, NNPC Mele Kyari, and Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, among others.
On black marketers, he said it was caused by unscrupulous elements, who chose to take advantage of the situation, thereby calling on them to sell rightly.
According to Kyari, as of this evening, NNPC has up to 1.79 billion litres of Motor Spirit PMS on ground and is still continuing 24 hours loading at the depots and selling.


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Fuel Scarcity: Nigerians Bemoan Activities Of Black Marketers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 7, 2022
They said in separate interviews that fuel stations are hoarding the product to sell to black marketers who in turn sell to end users at exorbitant prices.
A taxi driver, Chinonso Orji, said that the scarcity of fuel and the activities of black marketers have affected his business negatively.
He said that this was because he could not get fuel and had to queue at the filling stations for days without getting the product.
A commuter, Igwe Sarah, said her transport fare has increase by 100 per cent, since she now paid 200 naira to her workplace as against 100 naira.
Another commuter, Adeyinka Akinwumi, said she paid between N300 and 500 naira from Masaka to Wuse as against the usual 150 naira.


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Fuel scarcity: Sufferings Of Nigerians Have Doubled-Northern C.A.N - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
February 15, 2022
The CAN noted that the continued scarcity of the commodity had
inflicted more pains on hapless Nigerians in the face of other challenges
including poverty, insecurity.
The Vice-Chairman of the association in the North and Abuja, Joseph
Hayab, stated this in a statement released in Kaduna on Tuesday.
The statement titled, ‘fuel scarcity has doubled Nigerian sufferings,’
said, “The continual scarcity of fuel in Nigeria and the pains of having
adulterated fuel in circulation have further increased the hardship
Nigerians are going through for about a month now.


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Fuel Subsidy: Falana Asks FG To Review Removal. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
March 5, 2024
President Bola Tinubu had on his inauguration declared an end to the subsidy era, triggering a hike in the prices of petroleum across the country. But in recent times, the World Bank and the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited Robert Dickerman claimed that the Federal Government is still paying subsidy for the product
Citing these claims, Falana in a Sunday statement called on the government to respond to them and also review the policy.


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Fuel Subsidy: FG Earmarks n2.55tr In 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
February 15, 2022
The Federal Government had informed the subsidy regime will end in
June 2022.
But Buhari’s letter for the subsidy provision was read on the floor by
Senate President Ahmad Lawan.
Buhari said while N106billion provided in the Supplementary Bill would
be used as capital expenditure, N43.87billion would be spent on
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Fuel Subsidy: FG Proposes Extension Of Removal By 18 Months, Seeks To Amend PIA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 25, 2022
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva,
disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents in
Abuja.
According to the minister, the Federal Government will approach the
National Assembly for amendment of thew Petroleum Industry Act,
PIA.
He said the extension will give all stakeholders time to ensure that the
implementation is carried out in a manner that ensures all necessary
modalities are in place to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal,
in line with prevailing economic realities.

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Fuel Subsidy: NLC Rallies ASUU, Nut, Others Ahead Of Planned Protest, Strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 5, 2023
NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, who made this known in a letter, also called for mass action to express displeasure following the removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during his inaugural speech, which led to the increase of fuel price across the country.
The affiliates of NLC, which include the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU; Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP; Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT; Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN and the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, among others, are expected to participate in the strike.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has issued a warning, declaring its intent to initiate a nationwide protest starting next Wednesday.
NUJ National Secretary, Shu’aibu Leman, made this known in a statement in Abuja.


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Fuel Subsidy: NLC, TUC Suspend Planned Nationwide Strike. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 7, 2023
The decision followed a meeting by the representatives of the Federal Government and the Organised Labour at the Presidential Villa on Monday night over fuel subsidy removal.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and newly appointed Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, who disclosed the outcome of the meeting to State House
correspondents, read a communique stating that the agreement struck between the NLC, TUC and the team set up by President Bola Tinubu to discuss the issues arising from the subsidy removal.
According to him, the Federal Government, the TUC and the NLC would establish a joint committee to review the proposal for any wage increase or award and establish a framework and timeline for implementation.
Earlier on Monday, the National Industrial Court restrained the Organised Labour from embarking on any form of strike.
Ruling on an exparte application filed before the court, Justice O.Y. Anuwe restrained the defendants that is the TUC and the NLC from embarking on the planned nationwide strike
Wednesday pending the hearing and determination of the motion of notice dated June 5, 2023.
The judge also ordered that the defendants be immediately served with the originating processes, the motion on notice and the order of the court.


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Fuel Subsidy: NLC, TUC Suspend Planned Nationwide Strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 7, 2023
The decision followed a meeting by the representatives of the Federal Government and the Organised Labour at the Presidential Villa on Monday night over fuel subsidy removal.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and newly appointed Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, who disclosed the outcome of the meeting to State House correspondents, read a communique stating that the agreement struck between the NLC, TUC and the team set up by President Bola Tinubu to discuss the issues arising from the subsidy removal.
According to him, the Federal Government, the TUC and the NLC would establish a joint committee to review the proposal for any wage increase or award and establish a framework and timeline for implementation.
Earlier on Monday, the National Industrial Court restrained the Organised Labour from embarking on any form of strike.
Ruling on an exparte application filed before the court, Justice O.Y. Anuwe restrained the defendants that is the TUC and the NLC from embarking on the planned nationwide strike Wednesday pending the hearing and determination of the motion of notice dated June 5, 2023.
The judge also ordered that the defendants be immediately served with the originating processes, the motion on notice and the order of the court.


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Fuel Subsidy Removal: Buhari Not In Support – Petroleum Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 24, 2022
Rather, he explained that the Federal Government planned to complete
consultations before coming out with a clear policy direction on the
matter.
The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed,
had in November last year hinted that Nigeria would effect the complete
removal of fuel subsidy in June 2022 and replace them with a N5000-a-
month transportation grant to the poorest Nigerians.
Amid mixed reactions over the issue, the Senate President, Ahmad
Lawan, last Tuesday said President Buhari never directed the removal of
fuel subsidy.
Sylva, on his part, explained that the President’s position in opposing
fuel subsidy was predicated on its effect on citizens at the bottom of the
pyramid.
He also identified some of the options the authorities were considering
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Fuel Subsidy Removal: College Union Directs Lecturers To Work Twice Weekly. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 20, 2023
The President of the Union, Smart Olugbeko, in a statement said the union members could no longer survive on the current minimum wage.
He said the directive followed the union’s extraordinary meeting held.
Olugbeko said members of the union would not return to full work till the Federal Government agreed to COEASU’s demand of 200 percent increase in salary.
The union issued the directive about 24 hours after the price per litre of petrol at fuel stations across the country, including those of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) hit N617.


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Fuel Subsidy Removal: Court Maintains Order Restraining NLC, TUC From Embarking On Strike. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 20, 2023
On June 5, the court asked the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, to halt their proposed industrial action over the removal of petrol subsidy.
Olufunke Anuwe, the presiding judge, said the federal government was able to show that the planned strike was capable of disrupting activities in the health and education sectors.
Some days later, NLC and TUC asked the court to vacate the order.
During the proceedings on Monday, Ochum Emmanuel, counsel to the federal government, said he was ready to proceed with a counter-application, adding that the NLC and TUC had been served.
Marshall Abubakar, counsel to NLC and TUC, said the unions were only just notified of the development, praying for a short adjournment in order to examine the counter-affidavit.
Subsequently, judge Anuwe adjourned the matter to July 20 and ordered the parties to maintain status quo.


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Fuel Subsidy Removal: NEC Recommends N747bn Palliatives For Workers, Vulnerable - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 16, 2023
This followed the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the council should come up with interventions.
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State said this after the inaugural NEC meeting, which lasted for more than five hours.
He said the council considered recommendations from the National Salaries Income and Wages Commission to pay 702 billion naira as cost of living allowance to civil servants as part of the intervention plans.
The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa and presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima, also announced the setting up of a committee to work out, within two weeks, the modalities for organising and distributing the palliatives.
Mohammed, who was joined by four other governors: Dapo Abiodun, Dikko Radda, Alex Otti and Yahaya Bello, also said the interventions included a recommended sum, ranging from 23.5 to N45 billion naira per month, as petroleum allowance for civil servants.


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Fuel Subsidy Removal: Ride-Hailing Drivers In Nigeria Begin Nationwide Strike. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 8, 2023
At the direction of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria, ride-hailing drivers are following a sit-at-home order until the ride-hailing companies increase their base fares.
Among other demands, the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria is asking ride-hailing companies to increase fares by a minimum of 200 per cent.
The union is also asking for an end to the deactivation of drivers who refuse to work due to the low fares and attendant unprofitability.


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Fuel Subsidy To Go By June 2023, Says Finance Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 16, 2022
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, reaffirmed this during a press conference to mark the end of the 28th National Economic Summit, )NES) in Abuja.
The fuel subsidy gulped 2.565 trillion naira between January and August 2022.
Also, the Government had, in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework, proposed to spend 3.3 trillion naira on fuel subsidies between January and June 2023.
The minister added that the removal of fuel subsidies is part of the Federal Government’s medium-term plan in the budget.
She, however, said the challenge is how to go about removing the subsidy, adding that the government had already engaged with the States and the public before it was approved as part of the government’s medium-term plan.
According to Zainab, the petrol subsidy, in addition to the budget deficit, is putting enormous pressure on the “fiscals”.
Also, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, said the National Development Plan, put together by the Federal Government, will help boost the economy.

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Fuel Tracking: FG Moves To Resolve DPR, PEF Conflict - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 18, 2019
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, moved to resolve conflicts in the roles of the Department of Petroleum Resources and the Petroleum Equalization Fund regarding the tracking of petroleum products from source to destination.
Sylva, who was briefedat his office in Abuja by the agencies, said he was of the impression that itis the DPR that has the mandate to track petroleum products from source todestination while the Petroleum Equalization Fund is to concern itself withpaying equalization.
According to astatement by the spokesman of the ministry, Olujimi Oyetomi, the ministertherefore stopped the presentation being made by PEF on tracking until he couldget a better briefing on the issue.

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Fuel: TUC Threatens To Withdraw Members Over Scarcity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 21, 2022
TUC National Treasurer Mohammad Yunusa stated this in an interview with reporters during the just concluded delegate conference of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies, SSASCGO.
Yunusa, who is also the immediate past President-General of the union, called on the Federal Government to identify and punish those that caused the petrol scarcity.
TUC National Treasurer, while speaking on the current strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, advised the Federal Government to fulfill the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the union.
He also noted that the major problem unionism had in Nigeria was that lack of constructive engagements with government.

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Fulani Socio-Cultural Group Commends Gov. Matawalle For Returning Grazing Lands To Herders - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 24, 2019
The National Patron, Board of Trustees of Fulani socio- cultural group, Billital Maroobe, Pastoralists Association of Nigeria Yau Malammadori, has commended Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara for returning all grazing lands to Fulani herdsmen in the state.
Malammadori made thecommendation in an interview in Dutse.
He said the gesturewould drastically reduce the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmersacross the state.
He said the initiativewould also promote unity and peaceful co-existence between farmers andpastoralists in the state.
He also thanked theGovernor for pledging to establish Ruga (Fulani settlement) in each of thethree senatorial districts of the state.
The patron appealed toother governors across the country to emulate their Zamfara counterpart.
He also appealed toPresident Muhammadu Buhari to continue to support Governor Matawalle onhis efforts to curtail herdsmen/farmers crises, banditry and other crimes inZamfara.

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Full Probe On Abbo's Alleged Assault - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 4, 2019
The Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Police Force,Frank Mba says they have commenced a holistic investigation into the case ofassault of a woman at a sex toy shop by Senator Abbo Elisha.
Mba in an interview on Wednesday said theinvestigation will include forensic analysis of the video and highlight of theSenator’s actions.
IGP Orders Comprehensive Investigation into Assaultby Senator Abbo Elisha
The CCTV footage of Senator Abbo beating a woman who tried to prevent him from assaulting another woman sparked outrage on Tuesday after it was published by Premium Times. Many Nigerians condemned his action and called for his prosecution, urging the Senate to also discipline him.
Read Related News; Senator Abbo’s Alleged Assault Must Be Investigated – IGP
Senator Abbo later confirmed to that he is indeedthe man in the video and that he would release an official statement inreaction to the assault video.
Representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Abbolater apologised to Nigerians, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and women, ingeneral, saying he is sorry for his action.


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Full Text: President Buhari’s Democracy day Speech - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 12, 2019
All Praise is due to GOD Almighty Who spared our lives to bepresent at this great occasion. We give thanks also that the democratic processhas been further entrenched and strengthened.
2. Twentyyears ago, a democratically elected government took over from the military in ahistoric transfer of political power for our country.
3. Today,we are privileged to mark the longest period of unbroken democratic leadershipand 5th peaceful transfer of power from one democratically elected governmentto another in Nigeria.
4.Throughout the last four years, I respected the independence of INEC. I ensuredthat INEC got all the resources it needed for independent and impartialmanagement of elections in the country.
5. Allinterested parties are agreed that the recent elections, which except forpockets of unrest, were free, fair and peaceful.
6. I thankall the people who worked for our party, who campaigned and who voted for us. Ithank my fellow Nigerians, who, since 2003 have consistently voted for me.
7. Victoryis your greatest reward; peace, unity and greater prosperity will be ourcollective legacy.
YourExcellencies, Fellow Nigerians,
8. I and Nigerians collectively must give adequate thanks to our Armed Forces, Police and other law enforcing agencies for working round the clock to protect us by putting themselves in harm’s way and defending our values and protecting our future.


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Functions: NJC Endorses Appointment Of 6 Chief Judges, 31 Others As Judicial Officers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 20, 2021
Director of Information the Supreme Court Soji Oye who announced this in a statement in Abuja, said the recommendation was made during the NJC’s 95 meeting held on September15 and 16.
He explained that all the recommended candidates are expected to be sworn-in after approval by President Muhammadu Buhari and their respective state governors and confirmation by the respective State Houses of Assembly.
The statement said those recommended as Chief Judges are Justices Richard O. Olorunfemi for Kogi state, Joe Itsebaga Acha for Edo, Akintoroye Williams Akin for Ondo, Husseini Baba Yusuf for FCT,  Ekaette Francesca Fabian-Obot for Akwa Ibom and J. O. Adeyeye for Ekiti among others.

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Fund Mismanagement: FIFA Files Criminal Complaint Against Ex-President Blatter - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 22, 2020
Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA has filed a criminal suit against its former President, Sepp Blatter, over the mismanagement of the finances of its museum in Zurich.
World football governing body in a statement explained that funds which should have been channeled into the development of football were used in refurbishing a building it doesn’t own.
It added that the complaint includes the entire project costs at 564.59 million dollars and identifies that the previous FIFA administration a huge sum into renovating and refurbishing a building that the organization does not own, while also locking itself into a long-term rental agreement on unfavourable terms when compared to standard market rates, which, in total, will cost FIFA CHF 360 million by the date of expiration in 2045.
Blatter’s lawyer, Lorenz Erni while reacting to the accusations, said that they are “baseless and are vehemently repudiated. Blatter presided over FIFA for 17 years until he was banned due to criminal proceedings against him in 2015.

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Fundamental Rights: Abuja Court Nullifies Banishment Of Deposed Emir, Sanusi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 1, 2021
Justice Anwuli Chikere in a verdict held that the banishment breached the fundamental rights of the former Emir as well as contravened provisions of the 1999 Constitution.
It would be recalled that the Kano State Government had 9 March, 2020 banished Sanusi to Awe, a remote community in Nasarawa State after it deposed him as Emir of Kano.
Sanusi however approached the Court to challenge the action of the Kano State Government.
Justice Chikere, while delivering judgment in the suit, held that the restrictions placed on Sanusi after his deposition allegation of insubordination was a violation of his right to freedom of movement and personal liberty granted by the Nigerian Constitution. The also court awarded the sum of ten million naira as damages against the Kano State Government, Police and the Directorate of State Service, DSS.
She also agreed with Sanusi’s counsel Lateef Fagbemi, that his client was moved out of Kano to Abuja and later to Awe, in Nasarawa state against his wish.

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Fundamental Rights: Court To Hear Saraki’s Suit Against EFCC, Others, June 24 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2019
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed June 24 tohear two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits filed by SenatePresident, Bukola Saraki, challenging the decision of the Economic and FinancialCrimes
Commission,EFCC to probe him.
The court had in a ruling on an ex parte motion lastweek, ordered the anti-graft agency and other agencies involved in the probe ofSaraki over corruption allegations to suspend the probe.
At the resumed hearing on Thursday, counsel toSaraki, Sunday Onobi, informed the court that he had served all parties in thesuit with the processes of the court, including the order of the court.
The Solicitor -General of the Federation, DayoApata, who represented the Attorney -General of the Federation, AbubakarMalami, SAN, also told the court that he had filed a counter affidavit to theoriginating summons filed by Saraki.
Counsel to EFCC, Chile Okoromma, also said that hehad filed a counter affidavit and a written address in response to the suit ofSaraki and will serve the processes on all parties.


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Funding: Senate Plans Separate Budget For State Police Commands - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 26, 2019
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly is planning a separate budget for adequate funding of the 36 commands of Nigeria Police.
Lawan said the move was to enable officers and men of the police force perform optimally and tackle insecurity in the country.
He said this when the Inspector General of Police, Muhammad Adamu, led the police management team to pay him courtesy visit in his office.
Lawan assured the IGP on the early passage of the Police Reform Bill, Police Academy Bill and smooth implementation of the Police Trust Fund.
He further assured that the passage of the pending bills would be fast-tracked as soon as possible.
The IGP in his earlier remark had requested the support of the Senate for better funding of the Police.
Adamu equally requested for the quick passage of the Police Reform Bill and the Police Academy Bill to enhance efficiency of the Force.


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Funds Divertion: NARTO, NUPENG-PTD Suspend Planned Strike As NNPC Intervenes - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 18, 2022
The suspension notice was made known in a communiqué following a stakeholder’s meeting between the NNPC, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, PTD, NARTO, and NUPENG in Abuja.
NUPENG and PTD had declared to embark on strike based on its probe which indicated that officials of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing were diverting the fund provided by NNPC Limited for the rehabilitation of 21 critical highways.
The communiqué was jointly signed by NNPC Group Managing Directo, Mele Kyari; PTD National Chairman Otunba Salmon Oladiti; NARTO President Yusuf Otthman; NUPENG President Williams Akporeha and NMDPRA Executive Director, Finance and Admin Abiodun Adeniji.
On Road Rehabilitation, the communiqué said NNPC provided updates on the current status of the road construction and rehabilitation projects under the road infrastructure tax credit scheme.

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Funds For Minimum Wage Arrears Included In 2022 Budget – Military Pension Board - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 14, 2021
Chairman of the board, Commodore Sabiru Lawal, said this in a statement issued in Abuja.
Lawal assured all military retirees that payment of their outstanding minimum wage pension arrears would commence once the 2022 budget was passed by the national assembly and assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said that the attention of the board had been drawn to series of protests by members of some military veteran groups and their resolve to carry out more of such protests in some parts of the country and the FCT.
Although Lawal noted that the protests had remained peaceful, he, however, appealed to the pensioners to desist from any further agitation, as their demands were being addressed by relevant government agencies.

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Funds Misappropriation: NDDC Says Alleged Diversion Of N6.25bn COVID-19 Palliatives Baseless - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 6, 2020
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC has described as baseless the allegations that it diverted 6.25 billion naira approved by President Muhammadu Buhari as palliatives for the poor in the region.
The COVID-19 Palliatives Committee Chairman, Sobomabo Jackrich had sent a petition to the National Assembly accusing the Keme Pondei-led Interim Management Committee, IMC of diverting the money.
But the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, in a statement dismissed the claims of Jackrich, saying his committee later became redundant because of new realities that emerged in the Niger-Delta states.
Odili, while describing the claims of Jackrich as false said it was coordinated by the same forces waging a campaign of tale against the commission and its management since President Buhari ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the NDDC.

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Furucin Buhari: Masana Na Ci-Gaba Da Tsokaci Akan Hukuncin Satar Akwatin Zabe - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 21, 2019
Masufashin baki da masana fannin tsaro a Nijeriya, sun yi nazari a kan kalamanShugaba Muhammadu Buhari, inda ya ce duk wanda aka kama ya saci akwatin zabe yayi a bakin ran sa.
Bayanwannan furuci na shugaba Buhari, tuni har wasu jami’an tsaro sun ce a shirye suke su harbe duk wanda su ka kama, yayin da wasu ke ganin ai kalaman ba su saba wakundin tsarin mulki ba.
Furucinna Shugaba Buhari dai ya haddasa muhawara mai tsanani a tsakanin kwararru afanin tsaro da masana kundin tsarin mulkin kasa.
Wanikwararre a fannin kundin tsarin mulki Barista Yusha’u Waziri Mamman, ya ce Sashena 31 da na 32 na kundin tsarin mulki, sun ba Shugaba Buhari hurumin daukarkowane mataki domin tsaron kasa, kuma banbancin abin da dokar zabe ta ce shi nein an kama mai laifi a hukunta shi da sauri har na tsawon shekaru uku.
Shugabankamfani tsaro na Bicon Sikuriti Kabiru Adamu, ya ce tun asali ana yi wa shugabaBuhari Kallon mai aiki da karfin soji, inda tuni har rundunan sojoji ta Fatakwalta ce a shirye su ke su bi wanan umurni ka’in da na’in.

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Future Of Oil And Gas Bright, World’s 7bn People Can’t Do Away With It – NNPC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
November 18, 2019
TheNigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC says with the seven billion peopleon the earth, oil and gas will always be relevant.
TheChief Operating Officer, Upstream of NNPC, Roland Ewubare, said there was nomagic yet for the replacement of oil and gas as a primary source of energy.
Accordingto him, NNPC’s primary aspiration is to move Nigeria swiftly to full energysecurity and use energy as a tool to reduce disparity in prosperity.
Onlocal content, the NNPC chief promised that it will continue to pursue itslocal content agenda for the overall development of the nation’s economic growthand the oil and gas sector.
Hesaid NNPC would grow indigenous participation in the sector’s value chain,enhance job creation, revenue generation and development of in-countrycapacities.
Ongrowing the nation’s oil reserve, Ewubare said NNPC was targeting a 67 per centin-country support projection on other inland basins after the Egina project.

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FX: Naira Drops 0.2% To Trade n578/$1 At Parallel Market - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 2, 2022
Bureaux De Change operators in Lagos quoted the naira at N578 to the
dollar at the street market.
The figure is N1 or 0.2 percent lower than the  N577 it traded two weeks
ago.
A parallel market is characterised by noncompliant behaviour with an
institutional set of rules.
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has often maintained that the
parallel market is not the true reflection of the naira.
On the official market side, the local currency closed flat against the
dollar on Tuesday at N416.67.


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Gabon: Presidency Dismisses Rumors Of President Being Cloned - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 8, 2019
The Gabonese presidency has dismissed rumours thatthe ailing president, Ali Bongo, has been replaced by a clone.
Bongo, who is currently recovering in Morocco, hasonly returned to Gabon twice since he became ill in 2018 whiles on an officialtrip. On both ‘visits,’ he stayed briefly and flew back to Rabat.
Reports had been festering that the president hadrecruited a look alike to replace him for months while he received medical attentionfor a stroke in 2018.
presidential spokesman Ike Ngouoni, said thePresident of the Republic went around the city and  a number of people saw him.
The presidency initially said he had beenhospitalized in Riyadh for fatigue. The vice-president admitted at a rally thatthe president had suffered a stroke weeks later.
Since October last year, a section of Gabonese haveexpressed mixed concerns as to the health situation of their president as ithas become increasingly difficult to differentiate rumours and the reality.


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Gabon: President Bongo Attends Independence Parade In Rare Public Appearance - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 17, 2019
Gabon’sPresident Ali Bongo on Saturday made a rare public appearance to attend thecountry’s independence day celebrations, nearly ten months after suffering astroke that fueled speculation about his ability to rule.
Bongo,whose every move is scrutinised for signs of his state of health, on Fridaymade his first public appearance since his illness, taking part in events onthe eve of celebrations to mark Gabon’s 1960 independence from France.
Thepublic outings were the first time Gabonese have seen their leader beyond the presidentialpalace since he fell ill last October, except for appearances filmed and editedby Gabonese government or state media.
Standingin an army vehicle, in a dark suit and dark glasses, Bongo arrived on Saturdayfor the military parade on Libreville’s main boulevard along the capital’sseafront.He used a long caneto walk to an observation stand, applauded by dignitaries there and he climbedthe stairs by himself to his seat, next to his wife Sylvia Bongo


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Gale Of Defections : 6 APGA Anambra Lawmakers Carpet Cross To APC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 1, 2021
The six lawmakers are representing Nnewi North, Njikoka 1, Aguata 1,
Dumekofia, Idemmili North and Onisha North 2.
Receiving the defectors at a brief event on Tuesday evening in Abuja,
Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning
Committee, CECPC, Governor Mai Mala Buni restated the party’s
determination to win the Anambra governorship election, which
informed the zeal in engaging critical stakeholders in Anambra State.
The Chairman later presented the lawmakers with the APC flag at the
end of a strategic meeting held behind closed doors.
The defectors described the APC as the preferred party and promised to
mobilise support towards victory in the November 6 governorship polls.

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Gallantry: MNJTF Ends “Operation Lake Sanity”, Honour Troops With Medals - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 12, 2022
Force Commander of MNJTF, Major General Abdul Khalifa, while speaking at the ceremony on Thursday, commended the gallantry of the officers and soldiers of the division during the operation in the Lake-Chad region that facilitated the return of relative peace. He also stressed that the improvement in security in the region had led of resettlement of many communities in Nigeria, Chad, Niger republic and Cameroon.
Khalifa, while noting that restoration of peace is a process that will be met gradually, lauded the sustained support from the Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs to the troops.
The Commander, who was at the Air Force Base where he decorated Air Force officers that participated in the exercise, commended them for their effective role in the exercise. Khalifa, who was accompanied by senior military officers from neighbouring countries for the ceremony, said the measure showed the level of unity and collaboration in the fight against insurgency.